Telegram-herald., 1887-10-21
A NEW COURT HOUSE
May se ERECTED ssfoRe 1892
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The Board of Supervisors transacted
more business ysstsEass sAan IN az y isst
week. Tks ksost iRapsrg1nt kctloa 81 Ehe
rssslOA was relative 10 sse0rlEg sI1e ~
cour house ana Eew eosnfy buildings TIE
spocisl order 0f the dsy va the fCNl0~sAe
ress.uIisn offered ~ SUPERVISE l.~osn.s
lsss week
WsthEAs. The rapidly Increasing basl-
hess ~ heng county renders necessary tae
ssiscIion oi q suitable site for. and he
erection in tee hear future ef . bVliss@g
suited ~ TIE needs 81 tie county. sad.
NHEKE.s. The passage u al No. A. sF
the Legs Sfure OF Michigan. ssSs10B %
issI. provides for the lakiag Of prsSsts
property for peblic use, sns tAs method
Of procedure IN such cases, nOw tberel0Ts.
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Resolsed. BY the Kent County Board Of
Supervisors IA regular annual session as
seIaDled. First. that Tor tks Dafpose Of
securing a ate ior pueslc DslsolDs ioT
Kent COnnty, ths taking VI p.lyaLe property
ss hereafter described Dc aud - hereby De
ciaFed 10 se u Necessary pueiic improve
nent. and that Ne deem /, necessary 30
take for public use for the connty " krnt
that parcsl Of land situated saa being ia ths
city OF Grand Rapids snswn ssd desCTshsd
- lots No. ffiy-scyen or seventy ~ ana
seventy -one i9l) Of Kent plat said sOts as-
ing located At the northeast corner OF Lyon
and lonia-sts., and tbs northwest corner of
North Division and Lyon-sts. second, toat
the Prosecuting Attorney be and is hereby
directed 10 institute proceedings IA, the CIR
cult Court 10 acquire title fcf tae county OF
Kent. to the above described parcel Of land
IN the manner provided ia said Act NO. 4s.
public acts OF 1857.
Alter very short discussion the nioticA te
adopt the resolution was put and the
yots resulted as follows;
Yeas Benjamin. COlsOn. Courtney. En-
mons, Frost, FentOn, Gould. 0ulliiori,
Havens, Hurd, Johnson, Kelley. LOOMS.
Payne Sinclair. Steketes, Sullivan. Shiok-
el Schsrmerhorn. Skinner, Shsttuck.
Woodwork.
Nays-Clements, Griswold, GrfhD. Hill.
House Kinney. McNeal. Mitchell, Phelps.
Roberts, Rice, Stewart, ChairmEn.--l3.
IL is the opinion of some Of the older
members of the beard that IL requires the
vote of two-thrds of The full board 10
adopt the resolution. and tne vote of yesser-
day will probably be reconsruered TODAY
when il is expected il will reoei We tne
necessary twenty -four votes.
Another special order Of the day was the
| election OF Superintendent Of the Poor to
| succeed Reuben II. Smith, who has held
4
| years. The candidates were Mr.. smith and
| Nelson y. Rich ex Supervisor Sf Oskhed.
| who had controversy over the office las
| year with Asa W. Mech. The result Of the
| ballot was one vote Tor a. c. Hydors
| fifteen for Reuben II. Smith and eighteen
| for Nelson b. Rich, ana Mr.. Rich
was declared elected. The result
| was surprise 10 the Democratic
members of the board. who, thinking thai
81. D. 4. a ~@1f.
| for Mr.. Smith, thought they were sure o
| electing him. They are somewhat puzzled
| to determine which two of their numbel
| broke the party lines and voted for a Re
publican.
John L. Spaulding was appointed sgen
for the burial Of deceased INDECENT soldiers
sailors and marines in Grand Rapids town
| ship, to I'll the vacancy caused by the dearf
| OF Thomas Marks
The annual report OF the Superintendent
OF the Poor will be considered this morn
ing.